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THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951 _______ 
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
 _______ 
PART IP
RELIMINARY
S
ECTIONS
1. Short title.2. Interpretation.PART IIQ
UALIFICATIONS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS
C
HAPTER 
I.— 
Qualifications for Membership of Parliament 
3. Qualification for membership of the Council of States.4. Qualifications for membership of the House of the People.C
HAPTER 
II.
 — 
Qualifications for Membership of State Legislatures
5. Qualifications for membership of a Legislative Assembly.5A. Qualifications for membership of Legislative Assembly of Sikkim.6. Qualifications for membership of a Legislative Council.C
HAPTER 
III.— 
 Disqualifications for Membership of Parliament and State Legislatures
7. Definitions.8. Disqualification on conviction for certain offences.8A. Disqualification on ground of corrupt practices.9. Disqualification for dismissal for corruption or disloyalty.9A. Disqualification for Government contracts, etc.10. Disqualification for office under Government company.10A. Disqualification for failure to lodge account of election expenses.11. Removal or reduction of period of disqualification.C
HAPTER 
IV.— 
 Disqualifications for voting 
11A. Disqualification arising out of conviction and corrupt practices.11B. Removal of disqualifications.PART III N
OTIFICATION OF
G
ENERAL
E
LECTIONS
12. Notification for biennial election to the Council of States.12A. Notification for election to fill the seat allotted to the State of Sikkim in the Council of States.13. [
 Repealed 
.]14. Notification for general election to the House of the People.
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 Representation of the People Act,
1951(P
ART
II.—Acts of Parliament)S
ECTIONS
14A. Notification for electing the representative of the State of Sikkim to the existing House of the people.15. Notification for general election to a State Legislative Assembly.15A. Notification for certain elections to Legislative Councils.16. Notification for biennial elections to a State Legislative Council.PART IVA
DMINISTRATIVE
M
ACHINERY FOR THE
C
ONDUCT OF
E
LECTIONS
19. Definition.19A. Delegation of functions of Election Commission.20. General duties of chief electoral officers.20A. General duties of district election officer.20B. Observers.21. Returning officers.22. Assistant returning officers.23. Returning officer to include assistant returning officers performing the functions of the returning officer.24. General duty of the returning officer.25. Provision of polling stations for constituencies.26. Appointment of presiding officers for polling stations.27. General duty of the presiding officer.28. Duties of a polling officer.28A Returning officer, presiding officer, etc., deemed to be on deputation to Election Commission.29. Special provisions in the case of certain elections.PART IVAR 
EGISTRATION OF
P
OLITICAL
P
ARTIES
29A. Registration with the Commission of associations and bodies as political parties.29B. Political parties entitled to accept contribution.29C. Declaration of donation received by the political parties.PART VC
ONDUCT OF
E
LECTIONS
C
HAPTER 
I.— 
 N 
omination of 
C 
andidates
30. Appointment of dates for nominations, etc.31. Public notice of election.32. Nomination of candidates for election.33. Presentation of nomination paper and requirement for a valid nomination.33A.Right to information.33B.Candidate to furnish information only under Act and the rules.33C.Right to information.33D.Candidate to furnish information only under Act and the rules.34. Deposits.35. Notice of nominations and the time and place for their scrutiny.36. Scrutiny of nominations.37. Withdrawal of candidature.38. Publication of list of contesting candidates.
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ART
II.—Acts of Parliament)S
ECTIONS
39. Nomination of candidates at other elections.39A. Allocation of equitable sharing of time.C
HAPTER 
II.— 
Candidates and their Agent 
40. Election agents.41. Disqualification for being an election agent.42. Revocation of the appointment, or death, of an election agent.43-44.[
 Repealed 
.]45. Functions of election agents.46. Appointment of polling agents.47. Appointment of counting agents.48. Revocation of the appointment, or death, of a polling agent or counting agent.49. Functions of polling agents and counting agents.50. Attendance of a contesting candidate or his election agent at polling stations and performance by him of thefunctions of a polling agent or counting agent.51. Non-attendance of polling or counting agents.C
HAPTER 
III.— 
General Procedure at Elections
52. Death of candidate of recognised Political Party before Poll.53. Procedure in contested and uncontested elections.54. [
 Repealed 
.]55. Eligibility of members of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes to hold seats not reserved for those castes or tribes.55A. [
 Repealed 
.]C
HAPTER 
IV.— 
The Poll 
56. Fixing time for poll.57. Adjournment of poll in emergencies.58. Fresh poll in the case of destruction, etc., of ballot boxes.58A. Adjournment of poll or countermanding of election on the ground of booth capturing.59. Manner of voting at elections.60. Special procedure for voting by certain classes of persons.61. Special procedure for preventing personation of electors.61A. Voting machines at elections.62. Right to vote.63. [
 Repealed 
.]C
HAPTER 
V.— 
Counting of Votes
64. Counting of votes.64A. Destruction, loss, etc., of ballot papers at the time of counting.65. Equality of votes.66. Declaration of results.67. Report of the result.67A. Date of election of candidate.C
HAPTER 
VI.— 
Multiple Elections
68. Vacation of seats when elected to both Houses of Parliament.69. Vacation of seats by persons already members of one House on election to other House of Parliament.
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